It’s that time of year again, the time of year when we stare deep into the heart of the sparkler, down, down, down into its eye-searing depths, reflect on the past year, and offer up our aspirations for the new year. While taking stock of past achievements and making a gameplan is a beneficial activity,…
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Click here to sign up for monthly updates on books, contests, and other fun stuff! Welcome to the Dreamless City, home of Tracy Cembor’s steampunk science fiction series. In a world where dreaming is dangerous and nothing is ever quite what it seems, adventure awaits bold ladies and stalwart gents fighting for a better future.…
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Welcome back to the next installment of our Choose Your Own Adventure collaborative project. The latest post where I explained the project can be found in this update here. Tesla Spence, an aspiring engineer with dreams of working in R&D, drops her supper tin on Edgar Endicott, a young scientist trespassing and doing research on foundry…
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Even though Camp NaNoWriMo is underway, rest assured that our short story collaborative project is going well. Well, it would be if I wasn’t worrying so much about what people will think of the next part of the story. When I developed the plot for what happens next, it was a three-way tie for who…
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The next section of Tesla, Edgar, and Nielson’s adventure is now up!! I apologize for the delay in getting this to you. I wrote entirely too much (over 5000 words) and finally realized that I was trying to tell the whole rest of the story instead of letting it be the collaborative project that it…
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So I know it’s been a few days since I’ve mentioned anything about our collaborative short story project. Please rest assured that I am still working furiously on it… Actually, that’s not 100% true. I’ve had some real life stuff that has been invading my head space, and the last few days have been a…
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Wow, it’s been a big day today. I certainly didn’t expect so many people to vote on my new short story project. Inspired by Choose Your Own Adventure stories, I’m hoping to make writing a short story a collaborative process. Thanks to Freshly Pressed, my project has gotten exposure to a lot of amazing people.…
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But don’t worry, I’ll do most of the heavy lifting. I want to write a short story in the next couple of weeks, and I want you… yes, you right there, stop looking down and fiddling with your phone like I can’t see you there… Ahem, as I was saying, I want you to help…
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I wanted to share a sneak peak of some artwork from the Dreamless City, done by my amazing friend Heather Mills. I haven’t talked much about this aspect of the novel on my blog, but I want to have a strong visual component to go with the story. The only thing cooler than a good…
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